TIKKUN LEIL SHAVUOT
Thursday, March 21
Join our community at Congregation Beth Sholom for learning, candle lighting, songs, and nosh at this annual celebration in partnership with our friends at Sherith Israel, Emanu-El, Ner Tamid, Sha'ar Zahav, Am Tikvah, Brandeis School of San Francisco and the JCCSF! Please register whether you are coming for part or all of the evening.
5:30–7:00 p.m.
Family program, pizza dinner* and ice cream making
7:00 p.m.
All Community Opening Session with Rabbi Dr. Joshua Ladon followed by breakout learning sessions (childcare available for this hour)
*Registration and payment required for pizza, $8 per adult and $8 per child
Stay tuned for session details!
About the Keynote Speaker
Rabbi Dr. Joshua Ladon is the Vice President, West Coast and Senior Faculty at the Shalom Hartman Institute of North America, where he guides the program and development strategy on the West Coast. An award-winning educator, Joshua was previously the Director of Education for the Institute in North America, guiding the content and curriculum of national and regional programs. Prior to Hartman he served as the Dean of Student and Jewish Life at the Jewish Community High School of the Bay.
Joshua received a BA from Washington University in St. Louis and subsequently lived in Jerusalem for seven years, completing an MA in Jewish Thought at Tel Aviv University. He also received rabbinic ordination from the Shalom Hartman Institute and a doctorate in Jewish Education from the Jewish Theological Seminary.
Joshua also teaches in the Interreligious Studies Program at the Graduate Theological Union. His writing has been featured in The New Republic, Religion Dispatches, Shma: A Journal of Jewish Ideas and other publications.
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